July 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing

Last updated

July 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing
Afghanistan adm location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Jalalabad
Jalalabad (Afghanistan)
Location Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Date1 July 2018
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Deaths20
Injured20
Perpetrators Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province

On 1 July 2018, a suicide bomber detonated in the center of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, killing 20 people, mainly Sikhs and Hindus, and injuring 20 others. [1]

Contents

Responsibility

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it targeted Afghan Special Forces. [2] In a further statement they said that 60 Afghan soldiers and "polytheists" were killed and wounded in an operation in the city of Jalalabad. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sultan, Ahmad. "Deadly blast hits eastern Afghan city, targeting Sikh minority". U.S. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Palahniuk. "IS Claims Suicide Bombing and Targeting of Afghan President Ghani in Jalalabad". ent.siteintelgroup.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Palahniuk. "IS' Khorasan Province Claims Killing and Wounding 60 Afghan Soldiers and 'Polytheists' in Jalalabad". ent.siteintelgroup.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
SIG220-Morges.jpg

This terrorism-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.